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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1947
Page
1
One month remaining before Municipal Elections in North Norfolk with 589 wards terms ending. Nomination Day October 14 and Election Day ten days after. wards 1 and reeve terms expire, awaiting acclamation or vote. Electors urged to check the roll. lists distributed to officials.
Westbourne and Poplar Point hosts include Misses Asmundson Bruce and Miss Eileen Simpson visiting relatives. Winnipeg guests Mr. and Mrs W Hampden and son Arnold J. James Stay at the Pennells. Visitation for the double funeral of Mr. and Mrs W H Stanley at Portage noted.
The Ladies Aid of MacGregor United Church announce their annual fall canvass replacing the traditional fowl dinner. They request generous support due to recent work at the manse and encourage placing a classified ad in the Thor Herald for results.
Ideal threshing weather has kept farmers busy all week as harvest progresses in the district. If the good conditions continue, the harvest should wrap up soon.
A special examination for nurses who graduated from Manitoba schools before September 1944 will be held December 9 and 10, 1947. It aims to help graduate nurses who have not completed registration and membership with the Manitoba Association of Registered Nurses to legalize practice. Two written papers and a personal interview are required. graduates after September 1944 are not eligible. Applications due by October 31, 1947 addressed to the Executive Secretary, Manitoba Assoc. Reg. Nurses, 214 Balmoral Street, Winnipeg.
Two MacGregor boys recover from serious illnesses. Norman Smith aged four was treated in a Winnipeg hospital for suspected polio and is now home free of the disease. Raymond Anderson aged ? suffered a mild sleeping sickness and returned home improved but must rest for some time.
Frederick J. Whyte a Portage la Prairie resident and Manitoba Telephone System employee died suddenly at his home Monday noon. Born 1889 in Cowansville, he lived in Carberry Souris Brandon and Portage, was Portage wire chief, a prominent Mason, Postmaster of No. 7, and past First Principal of Keystone Chapter No. 2 Royal Arch Masons. Survived by widow two daughters and three sons. Burial with Masonic honors attended by MacGregor lodge. A social evening for Mrs K Gair followed the funeral with a pearls presentation to Mr Gair. Bud Gair plans to return to British Guiana next week.
Paul Sykes, Canadian trade commissioner, says there is no basis for fears over pepper shortages. Singapore has ample pepper ready for export with firm orders available to Canadian buyers, though prices remain comparatively high. No significant business is occurring in Canada or the United States at present.
Bank hours shift on Saturdays from 9 to 11 30, effective September 6. The change aims to give staff a better weekend break after years of overtime, reducing Saturday afternoon work and easing public closing times.
Manitoba rail disaster at Dugald 15 miles east of Winnipeg kills at least 35 with many more hospitalized. Unidentified bodies lie in a funeral basement as authorities seek missing passengers. The Sand Scar Minaki Special struck a stationary Canadian National Transcontinental train at 10 50 p m triggering a blaze. Rescue crews faced extreme heat as cars burned and nearby grain and oil facilities exploded. One-year-old Donald Ledlie of Dugald is held as a material witness.
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